#UoNgoingplaces competition

Each year, we run a competition to encourage our students to share photographs of their year abroad with us via social media, using the hashtag #UoNgoingplaces.

Share your photos #UoNgoingplaces

Year Abroad

2022 winner - Mont Veyrier, France by Mia Hubbard

It’s beautifully structured, with a great use of light and shadow. It’s deceptively simple in terms of what is framed but the more you look, the richer the photograph becomes.
Associate Professor Mark Rawlinson

2022 runners-up

A black and white photo of the outside of Pompidou Centre in Paris.

The Centre Pompidou, France by Charles Catmur

A person dressed in grey winter clothes walking alongside a snowy mountainous path toward wooden lodges.

Grindelwald, Switzerland by Edward Hagen

2021 Winner

Lake Titisee, Germany by Cassandra Brown

2021 runners-up

An artistic shot of cathedral domes taken through grating

Catedral De Valencia, Spain by Thibault Blanchetiere

The reflection of a red stone building, the mirror is cut into a grid which distorts the reflection with a very pleasing pattern

Coimbra, Portugal by Thibault Blanchetiere

A typical German castle sits on a river edge nestled in trees

Limburg an der Lahn, Germany by Ndey Fatou

A dreamy, pale image of a girl walking down a cobbled street in Montmartre

Montmartre, France by Elysia Knight-Francis

A stylised shot of a hot day on a beautiful beach, waves lap the shore under a bright sun Plage de Boucan-Canot, Reunion by Chloe Longley

A sunset view over a valley, a river and city can be seen in the distance and couples picnicking in the foreground

Heidelberg, Germany by Imogen Motler

2021 Highly commended

A sunset picnic in a German vineyard, a pair of sneakered feet are visible next to a white wicker basket Germany by Cassandra Brown

A donkey in colourful Spanish tack stands in a square wearing a sign reading 'Burro Taxi' Malaga, Spain by Amelia Ferries

A typical Russian palace. It is beige and orange, angular and squat. Kadriorg Palace, Tallinn, Estonia by Enya Flint

2020 Winners

A woman stands in front of the massive clock face at the Musee de Orsay in Paris Paris by Imogen Mansley (Paris)

A Russian cityscape view with new skyscrapers flanked by traditional lower buildings Russia by Molly Jennison

2020 runners-up

~A snowy day in front of a ceremonial gate post. Asher Mayers-Thompson

Two people stand wrapped against the cold in a narrow, graffitied alleyway Faye Munson-Pike

Two girls in sunglasses pose on a hot day, on a bridge with a cathedral in the background Aisling Pigott

A marina on a hot summer's evening Rosie Priest

A massive waterfall in a tropical location under a blue sky with white fluffy clouds Vivian Sardo

A city street with cars an bikes under an ominous sky with dark and orange clouds Abigail Williams

Previous winners and runners up

An unusual statue made from delicate metal strands, lit within on at dusk Winner 2019: Adam Tarasewicz (Spain)

A structurally interesting red bridge shot at night and lit to highlight curves and hard lines Winner 2018:
Georgina O'Kane (Spain)

Winner 2017: Ana Mihajlovic (Russia)

A man stands in shorts looking down at Rio Janerio and across at the famous mountainous landscape Winner 2016: Jacob Kennison (Rio de Janeiro)

A moody shot on a mountain in Peru looking down through mist at Machu Picchu Runner-up 2019: Kirsty Horsfall (Peru)

A hand holds a polaroid shot of a tower building in china, directly in front of the real thing Runner-up 2018:
Ryan Stanley (China)

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